--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2018-669520d2ba
2018-01-30 17:59:49.778526
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Name        : coreutils
Product     : Fedora 27
Version     : 8.27
Release     : 19.fc27
URL         : https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/
Summary     : A set of basic GNU tools commonly used in shell scripts
Description :
These are the GNU core utilities.  This package is the combination of
the old GNU fileutils, sh-utils, and textutils packages.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Update Information:

- doc: warn about following symlinks recursively in chown/chgrp (CVE-2017-18018)
- mv -n: do not overwrite the destination - mv -n: provide more reliable
diagnostic messages
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #1532285 - CVE-2017-18018 coreutils: race condition vulnerability in chown and chgrp [fedora-all]
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1532285
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Fedora 27: coreutils Security Update

January 30, 2018
- doc: warn about following symlinks recursively in chown/chgrp (CVE-2017-18018) - mv -n: do not overwrite the destination - mv -n: provide more reliable diagnostic messages

Summary

These are the GNU core utilities. This package is the combination of

the old GNU fileutils, sh-utils, and textutils packages.

- doc: warn about following symlinks recursively in chown/chgrp (CVE-2017-18018)

- mv -n: do not overwrite the destination - mv -n: provide more reliable

diagnostic messages

[ 1 ] Bug #1532285 - CVE-2017-18018 coreutils: race condition vulnerability in chown and chgrp [fedora-all]

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1532285

su -c 'dnf upgrade coreutils' at the command line.

For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at

https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html

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GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at

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FEDORA-2018-669520d2ba 2018-01-30 17:59:49.778526 Product : Fedora 27 Version : 8.27 Release : 19.fc27 URL : https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/ Summary : A set of basic GNU tools commonly used in shell scripts Description : These are the GNU core utilities. This package is the combination of the old GNU fileutils, sh-utils, and textutils packages. - doc: warn about following symlinks recursively in chown/chgrp (CVE-2017-18018) - mv -n: do not overwrite the destination - mv -n: provide more reliable diagnostic messages [ 1 ] Bug #1532285 - CVE-2017-18018 coreutils: race condition vulnerability in chown and chgrp [fedora-all] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1532285 su -c 'dnf upgrade coreutils' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at https://fedoraproject.org/security/ package-announce mailing list -- package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to package-announce-leave@lists.fedoraproject.org

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Product : Fedora 27
Version : 8.27
Release : 19.fc27
URL : https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/
Summary : A set of basic GNU tools commonly used in shell scripts

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